A Bridge Between Routines: Two Years of Blogging

Posted by Verarius
28-03-2025

Today's entry is going to be a bit different, yet perfectly fitting into our recent discussions about routines. Not only are we facing the last weekend of March and the daylight saving time change—but my blog, this little blacksmith shop of all topics around change and project management, will be turning two years old!

These routines made it possible for this infant blog to survive its critical first 3 to 6 months. We have a fascinating case of routine dynamics here—two years ago I defined the routines, then they slowly but steadily began defining me. Now it's my turn again to reshape them.

While I've already announced that the content is slightly changing to take you along on my PhD journey (at least its exciting parts), the rhythm is also undergoing transformation. The publication date shifts from Friday to Monday. This entry therefore builds a bridge in this routine transition—on one hand, we're staying faithful to a pivotal rule of habit building: "never break the chain." We're not skipping a Friday, but reinforcing continuity. On the other hand, I'd really like to share with you the learnings from the second year of this blog's life. At the same time, being a little superstitious, I don't want to do this ahead of its time.

So here's a teaser! Stay tuned, and on Monday you will find out:

  • What I learned about building routines in the second year of my blog's life
  • What I discovered about optimizing the writing process
  • What skills writing this blog helped me develop
  • To what extent AI has supported me and what I learned about myself with AI
  • Why a newsletter is still missing
  • What's next...

With that, I wish you an incredible and sunny weekend, and I'll see you here on Monday!

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